Leans right
Both raters place Fox News on the right, and both separate its daytime news hours from its prime-time opinion programming, which they rate further right.
Summarized from more than one independent rater, including AllSides and Ad Fontes Media. We do not rate outlets ourselves.
Fox News has been the most watched cable news channel in the United States for most of its existence. Like its competitors it runs a news operation during the day and opinion programming at night, and the two are rated very differently. A viewer's impression of the channel depends heavily on which hours they watch.
Supporters argue it is the only major network that treats conservative viewers as an audience worth reporting for, and that its ratings reflect a real gap the others left open. Critics argue that its prime-time hours function as political advocacy rather than journalism, and that the shared brand lets the opinion side borrow the news side's credibility.